Former Soviet aircraft carrier has reached the Indian coast. INS Vikramaditya (R33) (Sanskrit, Vikramāditya meaning "Brave as the Sun" is a Project 11430 modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier .
The Vikramaditya is to become India’s second aircraft carrier. The deal also included the purchase of 12 single-seat Mikoyan MiG-29K 'Fulcrum-D' (Product 9.41) and 4 dual-seat MiG-29KUB aircraft (with an option for 14 more aircraft) at US$1 billion, 6 Kamov Ka-31 "Helix" reconnaissance and anti-submarine helicopters,
The Vikramaditya, formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov, arrived at a naval base in Kanwar in the western state of Karnataka on December 7.
General characteristics
Class & type: Modified Kiev-class
Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement: 45,400 tons of loaded displacement[5][6]
Length: 284 metres (932 ft) (overall)
Beam: 60 metres (200 ft)[7]
Draught: 10.2 metres (33 ft)
Decks: 22[8]
Installed power: 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe[8]
Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp[8]
Speed: in excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km)
13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)[9]
Endurance: 45 days[8]
Complement: 1,600 - 2,000[7]
Sensors and
processing systems: Long range Air Surveillance Radars, LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex, CCS MK II communication complex and Link II tactical data system[8]
Armament:
AK-630 CIWS
Barak 8 (LRSAM)[10][11][12]
Aircraft carried:
Maximum of 36 aircraft including:
30 × Mikoyan MiG-29K Multi-Role fighters
6 × Kamov Ka-31 AEW&C and Kamov Ka-28 ASW helicopters[13]
Aviation facilities:
Two acre flight deck.[14]
14 degree ski-jump ramp
Three 30 m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears.
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